Morris Davis, former chief prosecutor for the military commissions at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, op-eds for the New York Times: My policy as the chief prosecutor for the military commissions at Guantánamo was that evidence derived through waterboarding was off limits…. Read More ›
law & order
The law locks up the man who steals the goose from the common, but leaves the greater criminal loose who steals the common from the goose – Australian convict saying
Ghost rants: Archbishop edition
Image Credit: Peter Brookes from The Times Online The Ghost of Violet Socks sums up everything I’ve been trying to compose about the Archbishop of Canterbury’s latest efforts. I used to rather like the man. And the Brits are no… Read More ›
Self-titled expert on false abuse allegations charged with domestic battery
Update 26 July 2008: prosecutors are not proceeding to trial in this case because the victim refused to cooperate with them. Not surprisingly, this is being cast as an exoneration/vindication by the accused. Insert Princess Bride quote here. * *… Read More ›
Greenwashing: dodgy green claims
CHOICE, the consumer activist group1, have a longstanding campaign targeting misleading “green claims” in advertising. Photo by Daveybot Organisations may mislead consumers by promoting themselves and their products as ‘eco-friendly’, ‘green’, ‘sustainable’ or ‘environmentally friendly’ and so on, when in… Read More ›
Prosecutor in Queensland rape case has resigned
Steve Carter has resigned. The Australian reports: THE prosecutor in the Aurukun gang rape case, who sparked controversy when he described sexual offenders as “naughty” and did not recommend nine males who raped a 10-year-old girl be jailed, has resigned…. Read More ›
Rape, lies and county debts
I don’t in principle have a problem with this woman convicted of filing a false rape report being held accountable for repaying the county the expense of investigating her unfounded allegations. However, from the tone of the reportage, it appears… Read More ›
Special snowflake watch
A physicist commenting on a post about how a newspaper report of a social sciences paper (speculating on why the rate of rape by Israeli soldiers against Palestinian women is reportedly low) has whipped up somewhat of a rightwing frenzy… Read More ›
“Civil liberties advocates = paedophiles”: Internet culture wars from the ALP.
kwoff_id = 9092; The ABC reports on Conroy’s internet filtering bluster. He uses exactly the same discourse strategy as used by half-wit anti civil liberties debaters everywhere: “Well if you don’t like it, YOU must be a pedo then! Eh?… Read More ›
Posts that say it better than I could
I’ve wanted to comment on both these stories, but time and tide have washed up excellent posts that I can’t improve upon. Bernice Balconey on Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. Lauren on Jamie-Lyn Spears’ pregnancy at age 16. I realise that the… Read More ›
Melbourne Anglican Diocese supports the decriminalisation of abortion
Props to the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne! The Bendigo Advertiser reports that they have put in their submission to the Victorian Law Reform Commission‘s examination of the possible decriminalisation of abortion. And the Church is in favour. An all-woman taskforce… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 